Do you want to be successful in everything you do? If so, then        ? Here is an example.
There was a farmer who       corn （玉米） all his life. Each year he took his corn to the market. Then each time his corn was chosen as the       and won the first prize.
One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something        about how he grew it. The farmer      his seed（做種子的) corn to his neighbors.
"How can you share your best seed corn with your neighbors?" the reporter asked.  "You know they are taking part in the       with you each year. "
"Why, sir," said the farmer, "didn't you know? The      picks up pollen {花粉)from the corn and moves it quickly from field to field. If nay neighbors grow       corn, cross-pollination (異花傳粉) will affect the quality of my corn. So if I want to grow good corn, f must       my neighbors to grow good corn. "
The farmer knows much about the connection of life. His corn cannot improve      his neighbor's corn improves.
As a great man says, "We make a living by what we       ; we make a life by what we give." We can't      without food, clothes, and many other things. However, a meaningf~I1 life is not decided by how much we can get,       by how much we can give others. Giving, instead of taking, makes us         from other animals.  So those who choose to live well must help others to live well and those who choose to be happy must help others to find       in their life.
小題1:
A．whyB．howC．whenD．where
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A．grewB．bought C．soldD．collected
小題3:
A．cheapestB．prettiestC．bestD．shortest
小題4:
A．popular B．seriousC．terribleD．surprising
小題5:
A．lentB．showed C．offeredD．recommended
小題6:
A．gameB．fight C．experimentD．competition
小題7:
A．windB．waterC．farmerD．neighbor
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A．tastyB．badC．tallD．unusual
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A．teachB．remindC．helpD．require
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A．unless B．thoughC．becauseD．when
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A．do B．ownC．getD．grow
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A．cheerB．moveC．workD．live
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A．a(chǎn)ndB．butC．or D．so
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A．differentB．freeC．safeD．far
小題15:
A．hopeB．successC．friendship D．happiness

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:D
小題5:C
小題6:D
小題7:A
小題8:B
小題9:C
小題10:A
小題11:D
小題12:D
小題13:B
小題14:A
小題15:D

試題分析：本文敘述了一位農(nóng)民因?yàn)樽约悍N的玉米而獲得了一等獎，記者采訪時發(fā)現(xiàn)他把最好的玉米種子分給他的鄰居，這樣他認(rèn)為他能獲得最好的種子。
小題1:考查疑問詞及語境的理解。A. why為什么； B. how 怎樣； C. when什么時候； D. where哪里。你想要在各個方面都成功嗎？如果這樣的話，那么應(yīng)該怎樣做呢？根據(jù)下文One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something        about how he grew it.可知應(yīng)該選B。
小題2:考查動詞及語境的理解。A. grew成長； B. bought買； C. sold 賣； D, collected收集。根據(jù)he took his corn to the market.及he grew it可知這個農(nóng)民種植玉米，故選A。
小題3:考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. cheapest最便宜的； B. prettiest最漂亮的； C. best最好的；             D. shortest最短的。根據(jù)won the first prize可知他的玉米被選為最好的，故選C。
小題4:考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. popular受歡迎的； B, serious嚴(yán)重的； C. terrible 可怕的；          D. surprising令人吃驚的。一年報(bào)社的記者采訪了他，了解到他的令人吃驚的事情關(guān)于如何種植玉米的，根據(jù)下文How can you share your best seed corn with your neighbors?可知這件事令作者很吃驚，故選D。
小題5:考查動詞及語境的理解。A, lent借； B. showed展示； C. offered提供； D. recommended推薦。offersth to sb提供給某人某物；根據(jù)下文How can you share your best seed corn with your neighbors可知這位農(nóng)民把自己的種子提供給他的鄰居，故選C。
小題6:考查名詞及語境的理解。A. game游戲； B. fight 戰(zhàn)爭； C. experiment實(shí)驗(yàn)； D. competition比賽。與上文won the first prize農(nóng)民獲獎對應(yīng)，指的是他人也會去參加比賽（competition）。故選D。
小題7:考查名詞及語境的理解。A. wind風(fēng)； B. water 水； C. farmer農(nóng)民； D. neighbor鄰居。根據(jù)moves it quickly from field to field這里指的是風(fēng)（wind）會傳播花粉。故選A。
小題8:考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. tasty  美味的； B. bad壞的； C. tall高的； D. unusual不尋常的。農(nóng)民擔(dān)心不好（bad）的花粉會傳播到自己的玉米上。故選B。
小題9:考查動詞及語境的理解。A. teach   教； B. remind 提醒； C, help 幫助； D. require需要，要求。這里指的是農(nóng)民幫助（help）鄰居種植好的玉米。故選C。
小題10:考查連詞及語境的理解。A. unless除非，如果不； B, though盡管； C. because 因?yàn)椋?D. when當(dāng)……時候。如果鄰居的玉米沒有長進(jìn)，他的玉米也不可能有長進(jìn)。所以這里用unless“如果不”來表示。故選A。
小題11:考查動詞及語境的理解。A. do做； B, own 擁有； C, get 得到； D. grow種植。這里與后面的give相對，get指的是“得到”，句意為“我們通過我們所得到的謀生�！惫蔬xD。
小題12:考查動詞及語境的理解。A. cheer歡呼； B. move移動； C. work 工作； D. live生存。這里指的是“我們沒有食物、衣服和很多其他東西，我們就不能生存”。故選D。
小題13:考查連詞及語境的理解。A. and 和； B. but但是； C. or 或者； D. so因此。這里表示對前面的轉(zhuǎn)折。故選B。
小題14:考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. different不同的； B. free 免費(fèi)的； C, safe安全的； D. far遠(yuǎn)的。這里說的是人與動物的區(qū)別。故選A。
小題15:考查名詞及語境的理解。A. hope希望； B. success成功； C. friendship友誼； D. happiness高興，幸福。根據(jù)句子前面的happy可知，因?yàn)樵趂ind的后面要跟名詞，所以用happiness來表示。故選D。
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科目：初中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

One summer vacation in my college, my roommate Ted asked to me to work on his father’s farm in Argentina. The idea was exciting. Then I had second thoughts. I had never been far from New England, and I had been homesick my first few weeks at college. What about the language? The more I thought about it, the more the idea worried me.
Finally, I turned down the invitation. Then I realized I had turned down something I wanted to do because I was scared and felt depressed(沮喪). That experience taught me a valuable lesson and I developed a rule for myself: do what makes you anxious(焦慮); don’t do what makes you depressed.
In my senior year, I wanted to be a writer. But my professor wanted me to teach. I hesitated. The idea of writing was much scarier than spending a summer in Argentina. Back and forth I went, making my decision, unmaking it. Suddenly I realized that every time I gave up the idea of writing, that downhearted feeling went through me.
Giving up writing really depressed me. Then I learned another lesson. To avoid the depression meant having to bear much worry and concern.
When I first began writing articles, I often interviewed big names. Before each interview I would get butterflies in the stomach. One of them was the great composer Duke Ellington. On the stage and on television, he seemed very confident. Then I learned Ellington still got stage fright（害怕）. If Ellington still had anxiety attacks, how could I avoid them? I went on doing those frightening interviews. Little by little, I was even looking forward to the interviews. Where were those butterflies?
In truth, they were still there, but fewer of them. I had learned from a process psychologists（心理學(xué)家） call “extinction”. If you put an individual in an anxious situation often, finally there isn’t anything to be worried about, which brings me to a conclusion: you’ll never get rid of anxiety by avoiding the things that caused it.
The point is that the new, the different, is definitely scary. But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning piles up, the world opens to you.
小題1:We can infer from the passage that the author________. 
A．finds it difficult to make decision
B．has found out what causes anxiety
C．was encouraged by Duke Ellington’s stage fright
D．no longer feels anxious about new experiences
小題2:What does the word “extinction” in Paragraph 6 means?
A．a(chǎn) person’s loss of confidence little by little
B．the natural development of a child’s abilities
C．the inborn ability to avoid anxious situations
D．the process of losing fear by keeping facing anxiety
小題3:Which of the following opinions does the writer probably accept?
A．Anxiety can be a positive drive
B．Hesitation leads to depression.
C．Avoiding anxiety reduces depression.
D．Depression is a signal that one is growing up.
小題4:What's the best title for the passage?
A．Confidence: Key to Success
B．Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name
C．Depression: A Psychological Appearance
D．Success: A Trip Through Anxiety and Depression

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